Eliezer Schweid | |
Native Name: | אליעזר שווייד |
Birth Date: | 7 September 1929 |
Birth Place: | Jerusalem, |
Nationality: | Israel |
Occupation: | Professor, Jewish philosopher |
Alma Mater: | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Eliezer Schweid (7 September 1929 – 18 January 2022) was an Israeli scholar, writer and Professor of Jewish Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was also a fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
Eliezer Schweid was born and raised in Jerusalem. His parents were Zvi Yisrael and Osnat Schweid. He served in the Palmah during Israel's War of Independence. He was a founding member of Kibbutz Tzora. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and taught there for over thirty years. In 1982, he was designated the John and Golda Cohen Professor of Jewish Philosophy. Schweid taught at Stanford University, the Oxford Centre for Hebrew Studies, Yale University, and the Bet Midrash of the Jewish Theological Seminary in Jerusalem, serving on its Academic Advisory Board.[1]
Schweid died on 18 January 2022, at the age of 92.[2]
In 1994, Schweid was awarded the Israel Prize, in Jewish thought.[3] [4]